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A needle indium thruster unit


Date: 27 September 2008
Satellite: LISA Pathfinder
Depicts: Needle thruster unit on the LISA Pathfinder science module
Location: ESTEC
Copyright: ESA/Astrium

The photograph shows a needle indium thruster unit (the white 'box' on the right-hand side) attached to the LISA Pathfinder science module during system level tests at ESTEC, the Netherlands.

This is one of two European micro-propulsion technologies being tested for LISA Pathfinder.

Last Update: 1 September 2019
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